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Lesson22 A Glass Envelope
单词学习
dream
dream---dreamed---dreamed / dreamt---
dreamt---dreamt
区别
:
在英式英语中用不规则变化；在美式英语中用规则变化。
1) n.
梦，梦想
eg. Have a good dream.
祝你做个好梦。
/ Have a
sweet dream.
Have a bad dream.
做恶梦。
eg. Life is
a dream.
人生如梦，世事无常。
eg. He realized his dream at last.
他终于实现了自己的梦想。
eg.
His dream was realized at last.
他的梦想终于实现了。
/His
dream came true at last.
dream-boat
梦中情人（梦寐以求的东西）
Mr.
Right
白马王子
2) n.
（口）美好的事物，美丽的东西（梦一般的）
eg. Your dress is a perfect dream.
你的裙子真美啊。
3) v.
做梦，幻想，梦想
dream of
sth
梦想得到某物
dream
of doing sth
梦想做某事
/dream about sth
/dream
about doing sth
eg. I never promised to
lend you my car, you must be dreaming.
我从来没答应过把车借给你，你一定在做梦。
eg. He dreamed of becoming president
one day.
他梦想有一天会成为总统。
eg. I never dreamed of receiving a
rise.
我从来没有想过会涨工资。
eg. She is daydreaming.
她在做白
日梦。
/
开小差。
Dream on!
做梦去吧！
eg. So you want that girl? Dream on!
你想追那个女孩？做梦去吧！
“I
have a dream.”
美
国黑人民权领袖马丁
·
路德
·
金的演讲
——
实现美国价值中未赋予黑人的自由
与平等：
“
我
梦想总有一天，这个国家
将站立起来，实现它的信条的真谛，我们认为这些真理不言自明
——
人人生而平等。
”
“I
have a dream that one day this
nation
will rise up and live out the true meaning of its
creed. We
hold these truths to be
self-
evident that all men are created
equal.”
age n.
1)
年龄，寿命，成年，法定年龄，时代
eg. You should never ask a lady’s age.
你不应该问一位女士的年龄。
eg.
He bears his age well.
他不显老。
/He carries his age well.
eg. He lived to a great age.
他高寿。
eg. We have
a son of your age.
我们有个和你同龄的儿子。
eg.
This belongs to the Bronze Age.
这件东西的年代属于属于青铜器时代。
come of age
达到法定成年年龄
look
one’s age
看上去与真实年龄相当
2) very long time
很久
eg. It took us
ages to find a place to park.
我们找地方停车花了很长时间。
eg. Haven’t seen you for ages.
好久不见。
channel n.
1)
海峡
the English
Channel
英吉利海峡
/
the Channel
cut a channel
开凿渠道
2)
（喻）（新闻，信息等传递的）途径，路线，渠道
the black-market channels of foreign
goods
外国货的黑市渠道
proper channel
正当途径
a television
channel
电视频道
eg.
Let’s see what’s on the other channel, shall we?
我们看一下另一个台上演的节目，好吗？
throw v.
投，抛，掷，扔
throw---threw---thrown
throw
the bottle into the sea
把瓶子扔进海里
throw the
book at sb
（口）警告某人须按照规定办（否则可能受处分）
throw cold water on sb
泼冷水
/pour cold
water on sb
throw sth away
丢弃，抛掉
eg. He
threw up his dinner.
他把吃的饭都呕吐了。
eg.
The soldiers threw up an earthwork.
士兵们赶造了一座土垒。
throw
up a ball into the air
向空中抛球
throw out
伸（四肢），挺胸
eg. She
threw out a leg and made him fall.
她伸出一条腿将他绊倒。
within a stone’s throw
近在咫尺
make a nice
throw
投得好
a good
throw
（篮球等）好球
课文讲解
receive
收到
accept
receive a
letter from sb
/ hear from
sb
eg. They received us most
cordially.
他们十分热情地接待了我们。
cordially [,k
?
:dj
?
l
?
]
adv.
热诚地
,
< br>诚挚地
,
友善地
eg. He was hospitably
received.
他受到热情接待。
hospitable ['h
?s'p?t?
b
?
l] adj.
好客的
,
招待周到的
hospitably
/-
?
bl
?
/ adv.
亲切地
,
招待周到地
,
善于款待地
eg. She received a gift from him but
did not accept it.
她收到他的一份礼物但没有接受它。
eg. Don’t blindly accept anything
printed.
不要盲目地接受印刷品。
accept fully
全盘接受，完全同意
receiver n.
收到
…
的人；电话听筒
hang up the receiver
挂断电话
hold up the
receiver
不挂断电话
put down the reveiver
放下电话话筒
replace
the receiver
把听筒放回原处
of her
own age
和她同龄的
own adj.
自己的
v.
拥有，承认
eg. I dream of owning my own
car.
我梦想拥有自己的汽车。